It’s unclear if the new subvariant causes any unfamiliar symptoms that haven’t already been documented by other Omicron subvariants.

As part of a new risk evaluation released Wednesday, the World Health Organization bumped EG.5 to the same standing as XBB.1.5 and XBB.1.6, which are also members of the Omicron family tree.

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    11 months ago

    I never had COVID until everyone stopped caring about it. I’m on my 4th time having now.

    Do not recommend.

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      11 months ago

      It was such a an opportunity to normalize masking in public, especially when sick with any respiratory illness and the opportunity was squandered by selfishness and greed. The pandemic also served to gut my faith in humanity, so there’s that.

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        11 months ago

        The pandemic also served to gut my faith in humanity, so there’s that.

        Yes.

        I try to remind myself that I do see a few good people with the strength of character and heart to wear their masks still.